## Chapter 450 – 450. Level Up System
450. Level Up System
The faces of the cult members softened as they looked at my cultist ID.
“You must be a new member.”
“Yes. I was enlightened and became a member with the help of Bishop Ji Hyung-woo.”
“Please follow me. I will guide you to the room where you will be staying for the next two nights and three days, Cultist Seong Yu-jin.”
I followed the man, quietly observing my surroundings.
A large valley flowed beside us, surrounded by mountains. Whatever else, the air was good.
‘Typical cult, picking the most remote mountain valley.’
The lodging was a four-story building, and there were seven of them. They looked quite luxurious, as if they had been recently built.
“Excuse me, cultist. What is your name?”
I asked the cultist guiding me. He smiled kindly and said,
“Kim Hyun-wook. I’m from Incheon. This is my cultist ID.”
Cultist ID.
It was the most important item in the Red Sea Church. You could only be recognized as a member with it.
I pretended to be slightly impressed as I looked at his ID.
“You’re a Senior Cultist, Kim Hyun-wook. I apologize for my rudeness.”
“There’s no need for apologies. We are all just people who have realized the truth. We are all equal. There is no difference in status among us.”
“Indeed… Senior Cultist Kim Hyun-wook is amazing. That’s a wonderful thing to say.”
I was being flattering. I thought about using hypnosis, but it felt like a waste of magic. I planned to use hypnosis if I met a pretty female cultist along the way.
“Senior Cultist Kim Hyun-wook, may I ask what the schedule is for today? I came in a hurry and didn’t get a chance to check the schedule.”
I could see cult members moving around. They were all wearing white robes. It was a design similar to the robes that priests would wear in the Middle Ages.
“First, please wait in your lodgings until dinner. You will be sharing a room with other regular cultists, but there’s no need to worry. We are all of one mind.”
One mind, my ass.
“Is the lodging mixed-gender?”
“No. We have separated the men’s and women’s lodgings. Although it’s unlikely, it’s best to eliminate the possibility of any problems.”
“Ah. I see.”
I was quite disappointed and rolled my eyes. If the men and women were separate, there would be a building used only by women.
‘Found it. A woman was on the balcony and went inside. It’s the lodging on the outer side.’
I confirmed the location of the female cultists.
“There will be a prayer meeting after dinner. All the cultists will gather in the exercise yard to pray to the leader together.”
“The leader. I heard that we can meet the leader in person. Will we be able to see him at the prayer meeting?”
“No. The leader is currently very busy fulfilling his calling as an apostle to the non-believers in Jeju Island. He will arrive sometime tomorrow afternoon.”
“…Ah. I see.”
I clicked my tongue inwardly. I was planning to go straight to the leader and hypnotize him, but it was off to a bad start.
“What is the schedule after the prayer meeting?”
“We must sleep to prepare for tomorrow.”
“……I see.”
This is a cult, so aren’t they going to have some kind of sex party?
I was slightly disappointed as I followed him into the lodgings. At the entrance, burly male cultists surrounded me.
“Senior Cultist Kim Hyun-wook…?”
“Ah, there’s no need to be nervous, Cultist Seong Yu-jin. Please entrust your belongings to us for the next two nights and three days. Money, cards, smartphones, and clothes as well. Put everything you’re wearing in this basket.”
Smartphones were understandable. The Red Sea Church was a cult, after all. They had to maintain secrecy. But the clothes were unexpected.
“…Everything, including clothes?”
“Yes. Underwear and shoes are no exception. Take off your clothes and change into the cult robes we have prepared.”
I did as they told me. I didn’t want to give up my smartphone, but I couldn’t hold onto it while they were glaring at me. I changed into the loose cult robes inside.
There was a difference between the regular cult robes and the senior cult robes. The regular cult robes were plain white, while the senior cult robes had a cross and a red wave pattern, the symbol of the Red Sea Church, on the right shoulder.
“The lodging where Cultist Seong Yu-jin will be staying is room 304. It’s on the third floor. Dinner will be announced as soon as it’s ready, so please go and wait.”
“Yes.”
I went into room 304 as he had said.
It was spacious enough for about 5-6 people. One bathroom. One room. One living room. But there were 11 people inside. Including me, there were 12 in total.
‘Shit. The stench of bachelors is overwhelming! And those bastards probably aren’t wearing anything under their clothes, just like me.’
Dangling.
I frowned at the dirty thought that popped into my head, and quickly relaxed my expression.
“You must be the new cultist who will be staying with us.”
They were gathered in the center of the living room, talking, and a man with glasses got up to greet me.
“I am Senior Cultist Choi Dong-jin. What is your name, cultist?”
“…I am Cultist Seong Yu-jin. Please take care of me.”
“We were studying the doctrine. Please, sit here.”
“Yes.”
I looked around.
The men sitting on the floor all had a strange aura. They felt like dolls, not people.
‘They’ve been brainwashed.’
As soon as I sat down, Choi Dong-jin started spouting the doctrine. The brainwashing was in the Red Sea Church’s doctrine. The more you pondered the doctrine, the more the brainwashing progressed.
Of course, it didn’t work on me. I wasn’t seriously thinking about the doctrine, and my magic power resisted the brainwashing. Above all, I had the [Absolute Mind] skill.
The basics of the Red Sea Church’s doctrine were simple.
On the day the moon falls to the earth, the sea will turn red. The apostle of the sky will become the guide, leading the cultists to paradise beyond the red sea.
‘Bullshit.’
It was a nonsensical statement. But logic doesn’t work on cults. The cultists believe this utter nonsense. Because this doctrine contains the power of brainwashing.
For reference, the apostle of the sky in the doctrine refers to the leader of the Red Sea Church.
‘I’m bored to death. The principal’s lectures were more interesting than this ridiculous doctrine.’
I was getting restless just sitting still.
I glanced at a man sitting diagonally across from me. He was the biggest one here. He looked like a bear, and he was muttering the Red Sea Church’s doctrine.
I hypnotized him.
‘Sugella!’
〈Hypnosis is successful. However, the target partially resists. The duration of hypnosis is 32 minutes.〉
Partial resistance.
It wasn’t because the man’s mental strength was strong. It was because he was already brainwashed that he partially resisted my hypnosis.
‘Still, the hypnosis lasts for more than 30 minutes. I can even make him commit suicide with that.’
I mentally commanded the man.
“Kuaaaaaaaah!”
The man suddenly jumped up from his seat and roared like a beast. Everyone was startled, and Choi Dong-jin adjusted his glasses and sternly said to the man.
“Cultist Park On-seok. What is all this commotion? We are currently studying the sacred doctrine. You must kneel and apologize for causing a disturbance. No matter what, causing a disturbance while studying the doctrine is unforgivable!”
“Dieeeeeee!”
Park On-seok charged at Choi Dong-jin. Despite wearing glasses, he relentlessly punched Choi Dong-jin in the face.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
“Senior Cultist Choi Dong-jin!”
“Stop him! Stop him!”
“Get another senior cultist!”
“Cultist Park On-seok! Calm down! Calm down and talk if you have a complaint! If you keep doing this, the Red Sea will drag Cultist Park On-seok to hell!”
The situation became chaotic. Other cultists moved to calm Park On-seok, but Park On-seok was still going wild.
Thump! Thwack!
He swung his fists at the other cultists around him.
I distanced myself from Park On-seok and pretended to be flustered. Maybe it was thanks to my acting skill, but no one looked at me strangely.
The situation ended after other burly cultists rushed in and subdued Park On-seok.
“Uaaaaaaaah! Let go of me! Let go! God has spoken! We must kill all those bastards! Uaaaaaaaah!”
Park On-seok was dragged away to a special room and locked up.
I looked around and suppressed a laugh. Choi Dong-jin, who had been hit by Park On-seok, was covered in blood, and some of the other cultists had bruises on their faces or were bleeding from their noses.
“It’s a demon! A demon appeared and possessed Cultist Park On-seok!!”
“That’s right. The bishop said before. We must always be careful of demons. Demons try to tempt and control us.”
“Cultist Park On-seok is possessed by a demon!”
The brainwashed cultists interpreted the situation as they pleased. I nodded in agreement with them with a serious expression, while laughing inwardly.
***
Dinner.
Kimchi, bulgogi, seaweed soup, multigrain rice, japchae, sikhye, etc. It was surprisingly normal food.
We gathered in the dining hall, prayed, and then ate.
Halfway through my meal, I looked at one of the senior cultists in charge of serving the food.
‘Sugella!’
〈Hypnosis is successful. However, the target partially resists. The duration of hypnosis is 28 minutes and 33 seconds.〉
The senior cultist, who had been smiling kindly while serving food, contorted his face into a grotesque expression, overturned the food containers, and threw them on the floor.
“Uaaaaaaah! This trash food! Who are you telling to eat this! Chicken! Bring me chicken!”
He went crazy, overturning all the food containers on the floor.
“Senior Cultist Son Hyuk-soo! What are you doing?! Stop it right now!”
“Uaaaaaaaah!”
“Senior Cultist Son Hyuk-soo has gone mad! Subdue Senior Cultist Son Hyuk-soo!”
“Ah, it’s a demon! A demon is controlling Senior Cultist Son Hyuk-soo!”
The dining hall quickly became noisy. For reference, the cultists who couldn’t eat had to make do with tasteless bread.
I looked around at the female cultists gathered in the dining hall and licked my lips.
I thought there would be an overwhelming number of middle-aged men and women because it was a cult, but surprisingly, there were quite a few young people.
‘What? There are a lot of young beauties.’
I had already spotted more than six beauties. I felt my dick twitching in response and licked my lips.
‘I’ll fuck them all!’
***
After dinner. Prayer meeting.
All the cultists of the Red Sea Church gathered in the exercise yard.
The bishop, who had climbed onto the platform, grabbed the microphone and spoke to everyone. Perhaps because he was a bishop, his cult robes were quite fancy. There were strange patterns drawn on his robes.
“An unfortunate incident has occurred. A demon has possessed our cultists. Cultist Park On-seok and Senior Cultist Son Hyuk-soo are the victims. The demon is trying to break our unity by using fear. We must unite more strongly in times like these!”
It was the start of a boring prayer meeting.
I quietly looked around. What I was aiming for were the female cultists. Not just any female cultists.
‘The senior female cultists are leading the regular female cultists, and the female bishops are leading the senior female cultists. Oh, found them. There’s one over there too. There are surprisingly many bishops.’
The bishop on the platform was getting heated.
“On the day the moon falls!”
“On the day the moon falls!!!!!”
The bishop chanted, and the cultists shouted in response.
“The sea turns red!”
“The sea turns red!!!!!”
“The apostle will lead us to paradise!”
“The apostle will lead us to paradise!!!!!”
What a load of crap.
‘Sugella!’
I used hypnosis on the bishop.
〈Hypnosis is successful. However, the target partially resists. The duration of hypnosis is 15 minutes and 18 seconds.〉
“Uaaaaaaaah!!!”
The bishop had a seizure and banged his head on the platform.
“Uaaaaaaaah!”
Thump thump thump!
The bishop’s forehead was torn and blood splattered.
The senior cultists around him were startled and ran towards the bishop.
“Bishop!”
“Bishop! Get a hold of yourself!”
“That demon bastard! Now even the bishop!”
“Uaaaaaaaah!”
“We must stop the bishop!!! He’ll die like this!”
The exercise yard was filled with chaos. I took advantage of the chaos and approached a female bishop.
I hypnotized the middle-aged female bishop who was looking at the platform with a worried expression.
‘Sugella!’
〈Hypnosis is successful. However, the target partially resists. The duration of hypnosis is 20 minutes and 47 seconds.〉
With this much, I couldn’t completely change her common sense, but I could change her perception of me to a certain extent. Even if the hypnosis wore off, the female bishop would think of me as an important person and wouldn’t treat me carelessly.
“…Do you have some business with me?”
“I have an important story to tell the bishop!”
“Okay. Come to building C after the prayer meeting. Right now, we have to stop him.”
“Yes. I’ll go right away.”
The female bishop walked towards the platform. I headed towards another female bishop.
